Bergeijk Explained

Bergeijk
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Bergeijk in a municipal map of North Brabant
Coordinates:51.3167°N 26°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North Brabant
Government Footnotes:[1]
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Party:CDA
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Arinda Callewaert
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:32
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:5560–5575
Area Code:040, 0497
Area Code Type:Area code
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Bergeijk (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /bɛrɣˈɛik/) (Brabantian: Bérgààjk) is a municipality and town in southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It consists of an area of NaNBergeijk}} and had a population of in . It is one of 21 municipalities, including Eindhoven, that make up the Eindhoven Region Cooperative (Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven).

The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).[3]

Bergeijk has traditionally been an agricultural area, but tourism and recreation are steadily gaining importance. Among the facilities in the municipality of Bergeijk is a bungalow park in the village Westerhoven.

Bergeijk is known in the Netherlands as a Rietveld village, for its architecture by De Stijl architect Gerrit Rietveld, and for a program on national radio: Radio Bergeijk, a parody on local radio.

Topography

Topographic map of the municipality of Bergeijk, June 2015.

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samenstelling college van B&W . Members of the board of mayor and aldermen . nl . Gemeente Bergeijk . 28 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080439/http://www.bergeijk.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling-college-van-bw_42465/ . 29 April 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: Postcodetool for 5571HB . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 28 April 2014.
  3. Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants,